Contributed by inanechild. Posted by aubin on Sunday, April 10, 2005 at 6:52 PM (EDT)

Nekromantix guitarist/vocalist Peter Sandorff and drummer Kristian Sandorff have left the band, though remaining member, vocalist/upright bassist Kim Nekroman, plans to continue. Replacements have already been found and will be announced soon. The following message was left on the Nekromantix official site by Kim Nekroman:

Long time no seeing! There has been some rumors roaming around about the Sandorff brothers leaving the band and that the Nekromantix has broken up! NO the Nekromantix has not broken up but, yes the Sandorff brothers have left the band.

The reason for leaving the band is in Peter's own words: "Because he thought it wasn't funny anymore"!

Peter is an amazing guitarist and Kristian a fantastic drummer. But the Nekromantix has done great without them before and I have no intention of letting the Nekromantix stop because of this! I wish them luck and hope they find the fun in whatever they end up doing.

The band has also announced plans for a US tour in June, though no dates have been released yet. The most recent release from the band was 2004's Dead Girls Don't Cry. Hellcat will be re-issuing the band's 1994 release Back to Life on June 21st.

I would love to see kresge try and play the bad ass solos that sandorf did. impossible.
no disrepect, cuz he is a hella nice dude in person, but i doubt he is that good on the guitar.
last time they toured through TX, wasted James (tiger armys drummer) was on the drum kit, so who knows who will fill in now.
*black cat*

It's really not that surprising...
A few members left HorrorPops because they became based out of LA. The same thing has happened here. Kim is in LA with HorrorPops and the Nekromantix will be based out of the US as well. Members of both bands have lives overseas and don't want to move to the states.
Wasted James is good on the skins...but he's in Tiger Army now....

I love it when one person claims that he's a whole band. And I don't know when the nekromantix were playing with out both brothers. I have a record from '91 and at least one of them was on that. Either way they were both writing songs and in the band when the band was doing anything even remotely decent. Curse of the Coffin is the only record I've heard (and I've heard a few) that's solid. Don't know why they're reissuing lesser records.

I'm pretty sure Kristian only drummed on the Hellcat albums. Peter has been in the band since the beginning, but left to go to architecture school for Brought Back to Life and Demons are a Girl's Best Friend.

Nekroman founded the band! There has been several line-ups over 16 years! and so what?
I rather see this band cont. no matter what and do you know why? Because Nekroman is a first class live performer and you have to face it HE is the Nekromantix whether you like it or not, hippie!

Peter was gone for some of their worst records. Meaning to me he was a pretty important part. At any rate I'm sure until someone calls the INS Kim will find two other guys and they'll put out another sub-standard record. Live they're good. I've seen them in a place with 15 other people and one with 500 and both were impressive. But the records aren't getting any better.

Hey, I like the Nekromantix as much as anyone, but even I can say the band will take a blow without Sandorff. However, I think they could still do a good job as long as Nekroman keeps the new guitarist from singing - Brought Back to Life was ruined by the new guitarist's awful back-up singing, in my opinion.

Why give a shit? Nekroman (which I'm sure is his birth name) is already in another shit band, or have we already forgotten the Horrorpops? This band ate ass and good for the Sandorff brothers for jumping ship when they thought it was their time to go. Maybe with any luck Kim Nekroman and Nick 13 will start a band and they can both say that "they" are the most important person in the band.
-Dante

Kristian has only been on board for the past two albums, and Peter left for the entire mid-part of the band's career, so as much as I liked the Sandorff brothers, Kim Nekroman really is the main person in the band. The Nekromantix might not be your cup of tea, but I found their albums to be consistently good over the past 16 years.

I see what you‚??re saying but a band (especially a three piece) can not be centered around one person, it must be bigger than that (unless it is a one person act, Atom and His Package rocked the house). It seems silly to even have other musicians if their contribution is so menial that if everyone leaves but the ‚??founder of the band‚?Ě that person will still continue making the same music and with the same band. Why not call it ‚??Kim Nekromans‚?? Musical Massacre‚?Ě or something. Don‚??t give yourself a group name insinuating some sort of unity if really your ‚??band‚?Ě is no closer than a purely business relationship.
On another note, I don‚??t mind if you enjoy the Nekromantix music, everyone can like their own thing and you‚??re not making me listen to it so we‚??re cool. But, I have found their music to be constantly mediocre, unoriginal, and substandard for years. How many times can you hear the same campy lyrics about murder or killing or raping dead bodies (or whatever) before you want to just toss the album? But understand this is my issue with most psychobilly bands, they just have to have too much gimmick. At least Tiger Army played it fast as hell (key word did, now Nick 13 has matured and uses their music metaphorically). Eh well.
-Dante

I would probably be more upset with the turn of events if it had not been an amicable split, but since the brothers are only leaving so they can remain in Denmark, it doesn't really bother me. Since Nekroman has been in this band for so long, I'm not upset about him continuing it if the other members leaving is beyond his control.
I myself am a huge psychobilly fan, but I can't explain why anymore than anyone else can say why they like their music. I'm completely unable to sit through slow, emotional songs in 90% of circumstances, and I'm as sick of love-related lyrics as you are about horror lyrics, but there are plenty of people who listen to nothing but.

well, that might be true for Nekroman, i don't know the details of how they got together. but nick 13, started tiger army basically by himself. Everybody who has played with him are his friends, and aren't full time. That's why there's so many member changes in the band. it's nick's band and always has been. he writes the music, and lyrics, and then bounces them off the other members. but yes, nekroman does sound a little pompous in regard to all of this

Nekroman started the band! Nekroman write the songs...and yes he does let the bandmembers in on the songwriting!
Don't you all forget that Nick 13 always was a huge Nekromantix fan and Nekromantix has been a big influence on Tiger Army!

I find this to be really disappointing. While it's good they're not breaking up, I always thought Peter Sandorff's guitar work and back-up vocals were some of the best parts of the Nekromantix. I always thought it was great how that guy could pull off the gruff type of voice and the melodic harmonizing seconds later.

yeah...if someone says it wasnt "funny" anymore...it has a different meaning than, it wasnt "fun" anymore....
you are telling me that it says "funny," but your saying he means "fun"...
so i guess if my problem is that i cant read, then your problem is you cant comprehend....i'ld rather have my problem, seeing as my lack of ability to read still allows me to type sentences and comprehend what i see, but your ability to read doesnt help you understand shit
- jones the bones
- stevejones8770@yahoo.com

i'm an english major becaus i know the difference between the words "fun" and "funny"
man, they must not be teaching you kids anything in school nowadays
and what does punk have to do with it?
- jones the bones
- stevejones8770@yahoo.com

jerk you're nothing but a pretendious (probably spelled wrong but guess what sucker, english is not my native language) computer nerd. a big internet mouth and I wonder if you ever attend shows in person?
You should be happy that they even talk a language you understand!
And how about this: What if the guy means "FUNNY" as it say's, then you really turn out to be a NUMBNUT eh?
Or are you pretending to KNOW what it means...fucking butthead!